Mexican Tamales

Let’s start with an incredibly popular recipe from Northern America. Mexican tamales de pollo, a traditional Mexican dish. Made with masa and stuffed with many different things like chicken, beef, cheese, or beans. To make them you will need to soak the corn husks in a bowl of hot water until softened. For the dough, you can buy it at the store and you will need 3 ½ to 4 bags of dough for one batch of tamales. For the filling, you will need shredded chicken mixed with 16 ounces of salsa verde. You will then spread the dough onto the corn huck fill it with the chicken and wrap it by folding in the long side of the husk over the filling then folding in the other long side, overlapping the first (like folding a brochure) then folding the bottom of the husk up you can also tie the tamales with a little piece of corn husk to make it more filling. Then you’re going to steam them for 45 min to 1 hour and 30 min.

Salvadorian Tamales

Another Christmas recipe from Northern America, Salvadorian tamales. For this recipe, we will require many ingredients but let’s go through this step by step. First, we must prepare the banana leaves, you should cut them in half, rinse them in water and soap, and heat them. Cut 2 tomatoes, 1/2 Green Sweet Pepper, 3 Garlic cloves, 7 Cilantro branches, 1 Celery stick, and 1/2 Big onion into small pieces and place them in the water pot with the boneless chicken as it cooks, add salt and seasonings of your choice. Then you can buy the corn masa at the store as your chicken should be shredded once cooked. Lastly, we will place our masa into the banana leaves and spread them out as they’re the base, place the chicken inside, and wrap up your tamales. Cook for over an hour at a hot rate and they’re most probably finished.

Japanese Ganmodoki

Let’s go to Asia, the Japanese have incredible and delicious food like Ganmodoki. Ganmodoki, its other name being tofu patties. First, we need tofu, squeeze the tofu out of any water it may have, next place it inside a bowl that should also contain potato starch, konbu cha, and salt. We will mash them all together, manually or not till it turns into a paste. Next, we will need to either saute or steam the carrots and shiitake mushrooms in a pan. For a minimum of 2 minutes at 400 watts, we will then mash up the carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and tofu with edamame and black sesame seeds. Next spread the mixture into patty paper, spread it evenly, and then cook in a pan with oil. Once both sides turn brown, you’re done and ready to eat.

African Chicken Stew

Let’s move on to a recipe from Africa, chicken stew. First, we need some chicken, chop the chicken into as many pieces as you desire. Season the chicken with ginger, garlic, and herbs then add salt, Maggi, white pepper, and onions to the chicken. Put the chicken in a pot of water and cook it, drain it afterward, and place it in the oven to broil. Heat the oil and saute the onions, add a blend of fresh tomatoes till they shrink then add tomato paste. Add garlic, ginger, and herbs, and then add the stock from the chicken with curry powder. Add as much water to your heart’s desires for thickness. Put the chicken in the pot and let it simmer, add, adjust, or leave it alone, your choice. Finally, we’re done with how you make African-style Chicken Stew.

Pan de Jamon

Pan de Jamon, a very popular dish in Venezuela during Christmas. In a small bowl mix the yeast, water, and a teaspoon of sugar after mixing, leave it covered for 30 minutes. Place the flour on the table and leave a space in the center next stir the yeast with the water, sugar, salt, butter, and egg then start kneading as you knead slowly stir in the milk until the dough smoothens then make a ball with the dough and cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rest for 11/2 hours. After the dough sets, place it on the floured surface and use a rolling pin to roll it into a rectangle that’s ½ inches thick. Evenly place the ham, olives, and raisins over the dough then firmly roll the dough like a swirl and fold the ends with your hands. Then let it rest covered for an hour on a baking sheet and grease it with a tablespoon of butter. Preheat the oven to 400’F place the dough in the oven until golden brown or for 20 to 25 minutes. Take the egg yolk and a tablespoon of sugar and mix them. When the bread turns golden brown, brush the egg and sugar mixture on the top and bake for another five minutes. Let cool before eating, enjoy!